Wheely ride-hailing app writes to UK privacy watchdog over Moscow data demands

Firm tells Information Commissioner's Office it is being pressured into breaking EU privacy laws

The ride-hailing app Wheely has written to the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after claiming it is being pressured into potentially breaking European privacy law by handing over data on its journeys to the Moscow Department of Transportation (MDOT).

The company, which has its headquarters in London, last month had its Russian subsidiary suspended from operating by a Moscow court for 90 days, after it refused to hand over the information that it argues could be used to breach the privacy of individual customers.